Li Zhi and Lu Xiangsheng returned victoriously, and the entire reinforcement camp was shaken. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info heard that Li Zhi killed more than 400 enemies, and Lu Xiangsheng, who went to support, also captured, and the other officers were envious and jealous. They only blamed themselves for not being the Xuanda soldiers and horses brought out by the governor Lu Xiangsheng himself, and the governor did not call him for good things.

The officers all went to the big tent of the Chinese army to see the Tartar heads piled together, and they were amazed.

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On October 9, the Son of Heaven summoned Lu Xiangsheng on the platform to discuss a strategy for retreating from the enemy.

Stepping onto the platform, Lu Xiangsheng knelt down to Zhu Youzhen and stood up. Zhu Youzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng's sackcloth and filial piety clothes, and said, "Lu Qing worked hard! ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Serving the country, I don't dare to say bitterness, I only hate but can't fulfill my filial piety." After a pause, Lu Xiangsheng arched his hand and said: "The day before yesterday, my subordinates Li Zhi, Yang Guozhu and others will defeat the Qing army in Tongzhou by 1,000, capture 41 people alive, and behead 404 levels!" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng in surprise, nodded, and said: "Lu Qing has a good way of governing the army, and I will be rewarded after retreating from the enemy this time!" ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen turned around and asked: "Now that Dongnu is blazing, what strategy does Lu Qing plan to use to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said proudly: "The main battle of the courtiers!" ”

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's words, Zhu Youzhen's face changed, and he was speechless all of a sudden.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is a moral principle to fight to the death with foreign enemies. and foreign enemies, that is an unspeakable shame. Although Zhu Youzhen privately asked Yang Sichang to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he pretended not to know about this matter on the surface. But I don't know who leaked the news, and now the government and the opposition are saying that the Son of Heaven intends to negotiate peace with Dongnu, and the discussion is boiling.

But all the officials knew that the Son of Heaven did this secretly, and no one said this in front of Zhu Youzhen.

But this Lu Xiangsheng is different, he is a tough guy who leads the troops to fight, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he says that he is the main battle. Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen felt that Lu Xiangsheng was scolding himself in front of him.

Zhu Youzhen was a little annoyed all of a sudden, this Lu Xiangsheng is such a big shelf! Dare to expose your shortcomings to your face? But at this time, the Son of Heaven can't be angry with Lu Xiangsheng because of this matter, otherwise it will be even more embarrassing to spread it. At that time, the hundred officials will say that the Son of Heaven wants to surrender to Dongnu, so he is angry with the main battle of the military department Shangshu.

Zhu Youzhen was suddenly promoted by Lu Xiang and couldn't get off the stage, so he could only say stupidly: "The court didn't say anything about caressing, and the so-called caress is the discussion of the outer court." ”

After Lu Xiangsheng said this, he realized that he had accidentally exposed the shortcomings of the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't help but regret it a little. But the words have been spoken, and they can't be taken back. He arched his hand and did not speak.

Zhu Youzhen had no intention of talking to Lu Xiangsheng anymore, sighed, and said, "Shang Shu went to discuss with Yang Ge Lao about the strategy of retreating from the enemy!" ”

Yang Sichang was originally the secretary of the Ministry of War, and at this time, because of his meritorious work in seeking to pacify the thieves, he had entered the cabinet, but he was still in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. Zhu Youzhen's secret way and the Qing army to negotiate peace was Yang Sichang's idea, why should he be responsible? When Lu Xiangsheng came up like this, he exposed the hard bones of the short and asked Yang Sichang to settle it.

With a flick of the long sleeves of the dragon robe, Zhu Youzhen walked back to the Qianqing Palace.

Lu Xiangsheng saw the Son of Heaven leave, and then he withdrew from the platform and found Yang Sichang, who was in charge of the military affairs, in the East Pavilion.

Yang Sichang saw Lu Xiangsheng, put down the official document in his hand, and came up and said, "Has Jiandou seen the Son of Heaven?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said, "I've seen it!" ”

Yang Sichang said: "Now that the slaves are menacing, and the comers are not good, what is the best way to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Sichang and said indifferently: "There is no good strategy, only to lead the army to fight to the death!" ”

Yang Sichang was stunned when he heard this, and secretly said that he was scolding himself. Now the whole court is scolding Yang Sichang behind his back and wanting to surrender, but that is scolding behind his back, and he still doesn't expose himself to his face. Lu Xiangsheng said that he wanted to lead the army to fight to the death and be a hero, was he a traitor who surrendered under the city?

Didn't Lu Xiangsheng scold himself for not daring to fight? This Lu Xiangsheng is really a puppet who doesn't know the times!

Yang Sichang gritted his teeth, and he didn't know what to say for a while. It took a long time to hold back a sentence.

"Don't you fight!"

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On October 10, after Lu Xiangsheng returned from the capital, he discussed with Gao Qi, the eunuch of the prison army, in a large tent for a whole day, and the argument was quite fierce. Early the next morning, Lu Xiangsheng summoned the generals to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Zhi walked into the big tent and saw that all the generals had arrived, standing on both sides. Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian sat on top with different expressions. Lu Xiangsheng's face was blue, as if he had been hit. And Gao Qiqian talked and laughed freely, talking to a few Guan Ning Army commanders standing next to him.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Li Zhi coming in, his face looked better.

After a while, everyone arrived, and Lu Xiangsheng said: "I have agreed with the prison army to divide the troops between the two families!" From today onwards, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, and Tianjin will be under my command. The rest of the soldiers and horses are under the command of the supervising army. ”

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's words, all the generals were stunned and looked at each other.

The 100,000 troops of the Qing army entered the pass, and the momentum was violent. The imperial court ordered the king of soldiers and horses in the world, and at present, he has only gathered 60,000 troops, which is weaker than the Tartars' troops. If the soldiers are divided into two routes, each with only 30,000 soldiers, what will they take to fight with the Tartars? 30,000 people all the way to attack 100,000 Tartars? Once surrounded by the Tartars, it is the end of total annihilation.

All the generals knew that Gao Qiqian was the main advocate of avoiding the war, and as soon as the troops were separated, it was equivalent to the 30,000 soldiers and horses that Gao Qiqian had separated would not participate in the war. There were 30,000 soldiers and horses left on the four routes, and 100,000 Tartars were killed.

Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, was full of anxiety, and stood up and said: "Military gate, soldiers are not expensive. Combination is strong, division is weak. Now the Dongnuma army is strong, and it can march a hundred miles in a day. My army is divided, and it is very easy to be broken by Dongnu! ”

Hu Dawei also stood up and said: "Governor, the last general does not approve of the division of troops!" ”

Yang Guozhu also said loudly: "Governor, dividing troops is not a good strategy, please think twice!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the three subordinates and sighed.

Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army, stood up and said: "The matter has been made clear, the soldiers and horses of Ji, Liao, and Shandong will follow me north and camp fifty miles away!" ”

The Qing army has already moved south, but Gao Qiqian wants to camp in the north, and this attitude of avoiding war is very clear. Li Zhi looked at this big eunuch and was a little speechless - could it be that he just sat back and watched the Qing army attack and loot the city at will in the Central Plains, without aid or war?

After saying this, Gao Qiqian didn't stop any longer and walked outside the big tent.

The soldiers and horses of the towns who were separated by Gao Qiqian glanced at each other, and they all stepped forward and arched their hands towards Lu Xiangsheng and said: "The governor is loyal and righteous, and the last general will not be able to kill the enemy with the governor!" ”

"Since the governor and the overseer have agreed, we can only obey the order and retire!"

"Take care!"

The generals who were divided out followed Gao Qidive and walked out of the tent. Lu Xiangsheng looked at the half-empty tent of the Chinese army, bent his waist in frustration, sat on the chair with his back hunched over, and was speechless. (To be continued.) )